Back to the Stone Age?
The Communication & Information Department is reportedly to enact the draft ministerial regulation on multimedia content. The draft had been shelved since 2006 and was ignored by two ministers before Tifatul Sembiring. The contentious regulation has been met with fierce opposition as it is seen as an effort to curb the freedom of expression through online media.
February 24, 2010
TIFATUL Sembiring could not possibly enjoy the latest technology exhibition on cellphones in Barcelona, Spain. The reason, when the Communication & Information Minister visited the annual meeting of the world telecommunication companies, the Mobile World Congress last week, he admitted he was not at ease due to the barracking he had received. “It is reported I am slandered on Twitter. I am not able to access [the Internet]. If I can, I will r
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